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2015 Map of Denton

Name: 2015 Topographic Map of Denton
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2015
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2015

About this map

Pemiscot Bayou and an extensive network of drainage ditches define this agricultural landscape along the border of Dunklin and Pemiscot counties. The area is characterized by a precise grid of rural roads and drainage infrastructure, including Main Ditch Number 2, Ditch Number 8, and Lateral Number 6, which turned this region into productive farmland. Small settlements like Denton and Samford serve as local hubs, while smaller nodes such as Temples Corner and West Hermondale dot the intersections.

Local history and genealogy are preserved in numerous family and community burial grounds, such as Lester Cemetery, Green Cemetery, and Coleman Cemetery. The southern portion of the map shows the community of Hermondale, located near Macedonia Cemetery. This 2015 survey illustrates how the Bootheel's geography remains inextricably linked to its hydraulic engineering and the legacy of its early 20th-century land surveys, seen in labels like New Survey.